RE: DS2:basing & measuring range

Thanks Steven.	You make very good sense.  "Play the game not the rules"
 I
like that.  I've based my units mainly to protect them when handled plus
I
like to model the terrain on them.  The lighter contrasting rocky
terrain
contrasts against the camo on the vehicles. I did have a look at the
Irregular 4 man elements but they did not have enough detail as the
individual GZG infantry figs.  I'm a bit of a painting nut and like to
have
squads on a base in various squad formations.  Yeh, call me crazy. 
'nuther
thing.	Do you think that it is better to have an APC/IFV with minimal
armament but carrying 2 inf. stands or one that carries only one inf.
stand
but armed with say a GMS plus MDC2 or 3?  After unloading, the APC group
could then become a combat separate asset in their own right, able to
hold
their own?  Thanx again.

dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven M Goode [mailto:gromit+@CMU.EDU]
Sent: Monday, 22 November 1999 16:57
To: 'gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU'
Subject: Re: DS2:basing & measuring range

Excerpts from mail: 22-Nov-99 DS2:basing & measuring range by David
Tan@colesmyer.com. 
>  
> Other than for large and overlarge vehicles (heavy tanks, semi-trailer
cargo
> carriers etc), I have been basing my units including infantry on 3cm
(1
> 1/4") square bases. As there will be different basing conventions and
> opponents with incompatible bases, how have members coped with this
for
LOS
> and range purposes.  Do people measure from base edge to base edge or
as I
> will be doing, from centre of the base to opponents centre.  Vehicles
are
> easy as it is model edge to edge but for infantry, measuring from the
centre
> makes more sense.  Any advice appreciated.  Also, do most people have
4
> stands per platoon/unit or 5?
>  
I don't base my vehicles (I think it looks better that way, and they
don't need the base for movement purposes).  My infantry varies (most of
it's Irregular infantry, which comes on bases already).  Basically,
since all the vehicles and infantry stands are small relative to the
ranges they're shooting at, this hasn't struck me as a problem.  Also,
remember that figure scale is different from ground scale.  So those 1"
tanks should really be about 1/8" long, and worrying about whether
they're 1mm within range is, IMO, silly.  Because of these scale
differences and because I agree with St. Jon's exhortation to "play the
game, not the rules", I play that if *any* part of a stand or vehicle is
in range, then the whole stand or vehicle is in range.	

The number of vehicles or infantry stands per unit varies from 3 to 5 in
my armies (3 heavy tanks vs. 5 medium tanks vs. 4 APC's with 2 stands of
infantry each).  3 seemed a bit few units to have in a unit (losing one
tank is a big deal) but it wasn't too bad with the heavy (size 5, armor
5) tanks (since they were hard to kill).